Crimes involving moral turpitude
Taken from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_turpitude#Interpretation_of_moral_turpitude
see that page to see which deeds are not considered crimes of moral
turpitude
Crimes Against Property
Fraud:
- Making false representation
- Knowledge of such false representation by the perpetrator
- Reliance on the false representation by the person
defrauded
- An
intent to defraud
- The actual act of committing fraud
Evil intent:
Crimes Against Govt. Authority
Crimes Committed Against Person, Family Relationship,
and Sexual Morality
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Abandonment of a minor child (if willful and resulting in
the destitution of the child)
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Adultery (see INA 101** repealed by Public Law 97-116)
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Assault (this crime is broken down into several
categories, which involve moral turpitude):
- Assault with intent to kill, commit rape, commit robbery
or commit serious bodily harm
- Assault with a dangerous or deadly weapon
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Bigamy
- Contributing to the delinquency of a
minor
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Gross indecency
- Incest (if the result of an improper sexual relationship)
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Kidnapping
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Lewdness
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Manslaughter:
- Voluntary
- Involuntary (where the statute requires proof of
recklessness, which is defined as the awareness and
conscious disregard of a substantial and unjustified risk
which constitutes a gross deviation from the standard that a
reasonable person would observe in the situation. A
conviction for the statutory offense of vehicular homicide
or other involuntary manslaughter only requires a showing of
negligence will not involve moral turpitude even if it
appears the defendant in fact acted recklessly)
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Mayhem
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Murder
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Pandering
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Prostitution
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Rape (including "Statutory
rape" by virtue of the victim's age)
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Sodomy
Attempts, Aiding and Abetting, Accessories and
Conspiracy
- An attempt to commit a
crime deemed to involve moral turpitude
- Aiding and abetting in the commission of a crime deemed to
involve moral turpitude
- Being an accessory (before or after the fact) in the
commission of a crime deemed to involve moral turpitude
- Taking part in a
conspiracy (or attempting to take part in a conspiracy) to
commit a crime involving moral turpitude where the attempted
crime would not itself constitute moral turpitude.
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